The following individuals have been selected to comprise the 25-member class for 2018:

• Ian Adams (University of Utah)
• Jessica Alcorn (University of Georgia)
• Saud Alotaibi (University of North Texas)
• Lyndsay Bates (University of Baltimore)
• Neomi Frisch Aviram (University of Haifa)
• Yuliya Harris (Wayne State University)
• Josephine Hazelton (California State University—Stanislaus)
• Nuri Heckler (University of Colorado Denver)
• Trang Hoang (University of Texas—Dallas)
• Vaiva Kalesnikaite (Florida International University)
• Hannah Lebovits (Cleveland State University)
• Zehavit Levitats (University of Haifa)
• Sarah McGuire (Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation)
• Monica Yamel Naime S Henkel (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas)
• Julius Nukpezah (Mississippi State University)
• Blanca Rand (Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency and George Mason University)
• Wen-Chi Shie (Florida State University)
• Iuliia Shybalkina (Syracuse University)
• Cristina Stanica (University of Delaware)
• Nathan Teklemariam (Virginia Commonwealth University)
• Maren Trochmann (University of Colorado Denver)
• Shilpa Viswanath (Rutgers University—Newark)
• Nicole Wesley (Louisiana State University)
• Chaitanya Yadav (University of Texas—Dallas)
• Sasha Zapata (Rhode Island Quality Institute)

The 2018 Founders’ Fellows will receive a complimentary 2018 Annual Conference registration, a year-long mentorship with a seasoned practitioner or senior scholar and complementary lodging in the conference hotel.